Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

The chimney smoke from the Sistine Chapel is the most watched signal during conclave, which started on May 7. Only two colors ...

Black smoke billowed over the Vatican on Wednesday to signal that no candidate received the required two-thirds majority of ...

Only one voting session is permitted on the first day. After that, voting sessions occur twice in the morning and twice in ...

At the end of each voting round, black smoke means a new pope has not yet to be selected, while white smoke indicates a new ...

On the afternoon of Thursday, May 8, white smoke from the Sistine Chapel's chimney billowed into the sky, prompting waves of ...

But the history of this device is anything but obvious. The smoke system as a public signal officially dates back to the conclave of 1878, when Pope Leo XIII was elected, in the world Vincenzo ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to elect a new pope. Thousands of people cheered in Vatican Square when the ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

Italy’s Pietro Parolin leads odds on the Polymarket and Kalshi betting platforms, while Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday backed a proposed unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the ...